
Mr Alexander Montgomery MBchB, MRCS (Eng), Dipl Orth Eng, FRCS (Eng)
Consultant Spinal Surgeon
Average annual instructions : 20
Claimant : 100%
Defendant : 0%
Personal Injury : 100%
Clinical Negligence : 0%
Expert Witness training completed
Experienced medicolegal expert
Mr Alexander Montgomery accepts adult instructions for claimant or defendant in medical negligence and personal injury cases.
His particular areas of expertise include:
- Acute spinal conditions including disc prolapse, sciatica, arm/neck pain
- Degenerative spinal conditions including lumbar/thoracic/cervical
- Minimally invasive approaches to the spine
- Multidisciplinary back pain management
- Spinal deformity and tumours
- Complex spinal procedures
- Spinal sports injuries and trauma
FRCS (Orth): 2009
Dipl Orthopaedic Engineering
MRCS (Eng)
MBchB: Glasgow University Medical School 1999
Mr Alexander Montgomery is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon and regional Chair of Spinal Surgery for North East London and Essex region. Twelve years ago he established the spinal trauma unit at The Royal London Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust), which is now the largest in the country.
Mr Montgomery performs spinal surgery using microscopes and minimally invasive techniques. He performs anterior, posterior and lateral minimal access approaches for lumbar surgery, anterior and posterior cervical surgery, and complex deformity cases.
Mr Montgomery’s team at The Royal London was the first in the UK to use the robotic assisted arm in spinal surgery.
Featured article
Cauda Equina Syndrome following lumbar spine procedures
Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a compressive neuropathy of the nerve roots that leave the lower end of the spinal cord, which is a relatively rare complication following lumbar disc surgery (possibly due to underreporting).
Locations
He is available for claimant consultations in London.
Location | Specialism | Date available | |
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London | Spinal Surgery | Weekly |
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0207 118 0650